“It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.” AbleEnjoyHugePrivilegeIntimateTranscendence Author:Nicky Gumbel
“Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the restless throng, In search of solace roam But with an independent zeal Be intimate at home.” WorldSelfHomeJoyEnjoyDependsIndependentLuxuryIntimateContentmentInwardRestlessZealSolaceOuter Worlds Book:Gleanings Source: Gleanings
“The marriage relationship is one of God's creations for building up people. It gives husbands and wives the chance to minister to an immortal human being in a uniquely intimate fashion. To enjoy the meaningfulness of marriage, then, requires a once-made but ongoing commitment of mutual ministry to our mates and the more we seize them, the more meaning our marriage will have.” PeopleGivingHumansMadeEnjoyChanceHuman BeingsWifeFashionCreationBuildingHusbandCommitmentMinistersIntimateImmortalMutualMatesMinistryOngoingHusband And WifeBuilding UpGod's CreationMeaningfulness Author:Larry Crabb
“Girls face two major sexual issues in America in the 1990s: One is an old issue of coming to terms with their own sexuality, defining a sexual self, making sexual choices and learning to enjoy sex. The other issue concerns the dangers girls face of being sexually assaulted. By late adolescence, most girls today either have been traumatized or know girls who have. They are fearful of males even as they are trying to develop intimate relations with them.” KnowsTryingHas BeensTwoSelfTodayAmericaFacesChoicesGirlSexEnjoyTermIssuesDangerLateMajorsConcernRelationMalesSexualityIntimateFearfulAdolescenceDefiningSexually Author:Mary Pipher
“Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent of drinking a half gallon of tap water. We enjoy the most intimate of relationships with our public drinking water, whether we want to or not.” WantEnjoyWaterHalfStepsMinutesDrinkTenDrinkingEnvironmentalIntimateBottlesShowersExposureDrinking WaterGallonsTap Water Book:Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood Source: Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood
“The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when we barely scratch their surface. For the vast majority, the knowledge of Thailand or Sri Lanka acquired through tourism consists of little more than the whereabouts of the beach.” WorldLittlesMadeWholeFactsEnjoyTelevisionIllusionMajoritySurfaceWhole WorldBeachIntimateScratchesTourismThailandSri LankaWhereabouts Author:Martin Jacques
“If you are ready to be intimate, you will encourage the other person also to be intimate. Your unpretentious simplicity will allow the other also to enjoy simplicity, innocence, trust, love, openness.” IfsInspirationalPersonsEnjoyReadySimplicityInnocenceIntimateOpennessTrust Love Author:Rajneesh